I'm impressed with the innovation of the students. They seem to always impress me with their understanding of scientific principles. read more

I'm impressed with the innovation of the students. They seem to always impress me with their understanding of scientific principles. There is a general love of science and discovery here.

We exported commodities to Somalia.

We exported commodities to Somalia.

The strategy is to frustrate the other team by trying to make them play in front of you, by not read more

The strategy is to frustrate the other team by trying to make them play in front of you, by not giving them holes and by being as compact as possible. You have to move the ball even quicker than when you have 11 men because they are going to try and pressure you. There are opportunities to get at them but they did a good job of closing us down. But I think we did an equally good job of holding on to the ball when we did have possession.

Any bad news can throw us, and the jobs report was perceived as bad news, seen as a sign that read more

Any bad news can throw us, and the jobs report was perceived as bad news, seen as a sign that the recovery is fragile, but that's not necessarily true. In the last two recessions, a pickup in employment only happened a year after the recession had ended. So just because unemployment is higher doesn't mean we're not on track for a recovery.

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what read more

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It's not viewed as a serious continent. It's a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don't do what common sense demands.

The Commission concludes that there is still a high level of concentration in the enterprise market in most areas of read more

The Commission concludes that there is still a high level of concentration in the enterprise market in most areas of the country today.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Agreements which, I hope, will be followed by other treaties that will give increasing force to cooperation. It is now read more

Agreements which, I hope, will be followed by other treaties that will give increasing force to cooperation. It is now up to our diplomats to work for them to be implemented.

That's unusual. We don't just miss and miss free throws.

That's unusual. We don't just miss and miss free throws.